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Beauty and the Beastly Pundits: More on Miss USA


Posted by sarayasin on 25 May 2010 / 0 Comments
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Rima Fakih has become an unlikely member of the Islamophobic grab-bag of images. Joining the images of oppressed burqa-wearers and angry men with beards, Miss USA’s victory has become a part of another far-fetched conspiracy. The best part is that we are actually seeing a ridiculous debate about the legitimacy of her victory, and whether […]

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Haters Gonna Hate: the Backlash Against Miss USA


Posted by yusra on 19 May 2010 / 0 Comments
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Rima Fakih, an Arab Muslim immigrant, won the Miss USA Pageant Sunday night: She beat out four blondes and set off a whirlwind of media coverage stemming from her “stripper” past to her Shi’a background. On the positive side, one idealist commenter compared her to Barack Obama. Another went so far as to say her […]

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